Michael Heemelaar

CT Netherlands is an active, research-based manager which employs strategic and tactical asset allocation and individual portfolio selection. The firm follows a top-down approach for fixed-income investments, aiming to determine price deviations in the medium term. The firm's real estate investment process combines top-down fundamental research and sector allocation with bottom-up stock selection. They aim to invest selectively, believing that real estate should be actively managed and supported by strong research.

AEGON-IM is an active, long-term, fixed-income and asset allocation specialist manager which follows a value-oriented investment approach. Their investment philosophy emphasizes flexibility and pragmatism and they invest in large- to mega-cap equity, fixed-income and alternative investments in North America, Europe and Asia. The firm follows a research-driven process which blends top-down analysis with bottom-up stock picking. They seek to identify stocks that are undervalued relative to earnings, cash flow, or book value and share research with other asset management subsidiaries within the AEGON group, particularly in Great Britain, the US and Canada. Their in-house research combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with company visits and is supplemented by outsourced research. AEGON-IM manages risks by applying the "three lines of defense" model. The first line of defense consists of Portfolio Risk Control and Portfolio Risk Management. Finance, Compliance and Operational Risk Management departments are the second line of defense and the third line of defense consists of the independent Group Internal Audit, which periodically checks the first two lines of defense to determine whether activities are carried out according to previously agreed standards.